The only time this has happened to me was when I whelped an older bitch. She was seven years old. Her puppies were very uneven in size. Mostly healthy but definitely different sizing when born.
Could this older bitch be a factor? Helen Duggin EmilySprings ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Van Winkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Whelp size > A friend of mine (no, honest, not me) recently whelped a bitch who had one > normal sized puppy followed by a very large puppy born back legs and tail > first. Size of pup meant he got stuck and after trying all she knew she had > to get the vet to remove the by then dead dog puppy. He was followed by a > very small pup, and subsequently a normal sized pup. Each pup had its own > placenta.So out of four in the litter, two were within normal size limits, > one huge, > one tiny. So I'm wondering what can cause such discrepancies in size in > whelps? > Anyone got any ideas/facts/useful information on producing a nice even size > of whelps in a litter? > > Sheena Stevens > Kilnshena Kavaliers > Devon, UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sheena, > > I had a gorgeous black/tan female that I had shown and bred her last year. > Her water broke at about 8 pm and she was pacing, panting and nesting, but > not delivering. This was on a Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. I called > my vet at 10 pm and let him know what had happened and he said to bring her > down for X-rays. He saw two very small puppies, which he felt were out of > their sacks and one huge puppy that was in the sack. He felt that they had > all died or were very near death. I told him to rush them into surgery to > try to save them. Miraculously, all three came out alive but were one minute > from death. We ended up having a gorgeous huge blenheim female with a > thumbprint on her head we called her "Wonder Woman" and a little ruby boy > and a blk/tan female. All were thriving and doing well but due to my trying > too hard, I over fed the ruby with a bottle and he aspirated. I didn't know > how to feed properly and could kick myself because he was doing so well and > due to my inexperience lost him. It was really strange to see these two tiny > little whole colors and this enormous blenheim. But the blk/tan female > turned out to be a little spit fire. My vet has no idea what happened and he > is board certified from Auburn with a great deal of knowledge. It was just a > fluke I guess! By the way, I had her spayed due to geographic eye folds and > placed her as a therapy dog, which worked out wonderful. You can see her on > my website, "Portrait's Lady Diana." > Cheryl Van Winkle > www.pets4you.com/pages/portrait.html > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
